Canadian Forest Hydrology Charlevoix Site

Canadian Forest Hydrology Website

Charlevoix, QC
Research Site Metadata

Charlevoix Quebec

Location
Laurentian Mountains, QC
Boreal Forest Region
48°00′N 70°30′W

Watershed Area(s): 37 to 279 ha
Total Relief: 549 m
Mean Annual Runoff: 630 mm*
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1145 mm**
Mean Temperature: Jan --16.0°C; July 17.5°C**

• Long-term climate record** including the occurrence of major ENSO and PDO cycles.

Climatic setting* of the study period. Click on bullet for LARGER IMAGE of chart

• Climatic setting of the study period**.

Typical annual hydrograph* and precipitation** pattern for Charlevoix. Click on bullet for LARGER IMAGE of chart

• Typical annual hydrograph* and precipitation** pattern for Charlevoix.

*to supplement the seasonal discharge record, data from the WSC gague in the Petit-Saguenay River was used.

** climate data is from the nearby MSC station at St. Rose du Nord.

Landscape

The watershed is located 1050 km NE of Quebec City. The landscape is hilly with deep valleys and steep hillslopes. Surficial deposits are composed of deep tills underlying sandy, stony, loam soils. The geology is composed of metamorphic and igneous rocks characteristic of the Precambrian Shield. Dominate boreal forest species include a mix of blasam fir, white birch, white spruce and black spruce. The local climage is characterized by humid microthermal with cool summers. The hydrograph is snowmelt dominated.

Experimental Design

Study type	Paired Watershed
Treatments	6 sub-basins; 80% CC with variable buffer strips
Controls	1 sub-basin
Study Duration	1982 - 2003
Pre-Harvest	1982
Harvest	1982 - 1984
Post-Harvest	1985, 2002-2003

Parameters

Discharge, stream chemistry, water temperature, and suspended sediment concentrations.

Contact

Martin Seto
Forest Hydrology Laboratory
Faculty of Forestry and Geomatics
Laval University
2405 rue de la Terrasse, bureau 1151
Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6
Ph: (418) 806-2769

Email:martin_seto@hotmail.com